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captainly

captainly adjective: befitting a captain.

Adjective

captainly (comparative more captainly, superlative most captainly)

  1. Befitting a captain.
    • "Honor, dearest," — ah, the tremulousness of the captainly voice which had made so brave a show that morning, with sea-lore wonderful!1896, William Sharp, Wives in Exile, page 170

Forms of captainly

comparativemore captainly
superlativemost captainly

Origin of captainly

From captain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of chieftainly.

Words formed from captainly

Questions about captainly

What does captainly mean?
Captainly means befitting a captain.
What part of speech is captainly?
Captainly is an adjective.

Words near captainly in the dictionary

  1. captainesses
  2. captaining
  3. captainish
  4. captainless
  5. captainlike
  6. captainly
  7. captainries
  8. captainry
  9. captains
  10. Captains Flat
  11. captains general

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